Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] Clarify applicable licensing terms in COPYING file.

18 Nov 2009

      Dear Scott Wood,
In message 20091118180115.GB15341@loki.buserror.net you wrote:
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U-Boot is free software. It is copyrighted by Wolfgang Denk and

+many others who contributed code (see the actual source code for
+details). You can redistribute U-Boot and/or modify it under the
+terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License (see text
+below), or (at your option) any later version.
But there is code in U-Boot that cannot be distributed under later versions
of the GPL...
Indeed. We need to work on this.
If you propose to use a different wording, please don't hesitate to
make suggestions.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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